THABO - Small Seeds, Huddersfield

Otis Mensah

Presented by: Small Seeds

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0	HUDDERSFIELD: Small Seeds
P	Saturday 21st October, 2017
N	8:00pm

Event information

THABO first broke through as an artist singing with a local
Yorkshire hip-hop band in the late 2000s before embarking on his
own solo career in 2011 with his three piece band The Real Deal.
The same three musicians from day one are still with him today.
Keyboard wizard/pianist Aron Kyne, guitarist Emmanuel Allert and
percussionist/drummer Ali Mac.

From 2011 to 2015, Thabo & The Real Deal released a couple of
self-produced independent EPs and gigged a lot across the whole
of the UK. From high profile support slots to headline shows, they
soon built up a large following across the country with their unique
and refreshing style of stripped down acoustic soul.
Soon, major labels came knocking on the door and the guys
decided to take a break from live gigs to concentrate on further
developing their sound and more importantly, write a lot more new
material. One thing that always made THABO stand out from day
one was his desire to perform as much original self-penned material
as possible.

What started as a short break from live shows ended up being well
over a year but now for 2017, THABO is back and has a lot to say.
Still only a four piece but the beats and sound are bigger/heavier,
the lyrics even deeper than before, and there are so many new
amazing songs to be played out live for the first time. Whether you
are an original fan or new to the music of THABO, you’ll soon
appreciate why they call it bare knuckle soul!

Support comes from Otis Mensah - a young story-teller-rapper-poet with a talent for drawing the poetic from the everyday happenings in his life. This alternative hip-hop artist has risen from a new wave; age and era, embodying a contemporary, poetic take on hip-hop music. The music he creates sheds light on existential commonalities discovered through introspection with often off-kilter lyrics, accompanied by a sentimental vibe.

Otis’ music almost appears as a stream of consciousness, as though the young artist is documenting a journey of thought, however, drowned in playful imagery and unconventional symbolism left open to interpretation. It’s not unusual to hear Otis’ lyrics accompanied by a boom-bap sounding hip-hop instrumental with a mellow and soulful feel, drawing from influences such as Mos Def, Common & The Roots.